Excuses!

My little Kaden is so funny. For some reason he is totally against going to preschool. Everyday he has a new excuse for why he cannot go. Today he really got into it. On Monday he was coughing and said that his teacher said he couldn't come with a cough, which she never said, so as soon as I agreed he never coughed again. So I made him go the next day anyway. And of course he is sick again today with, well let me get this straight, a sore throat, a tummy ache or was it his head or was it a broken leg oh yeah it's just sooo boring can't I pick him up early. And we can't forget the car might get stuck in the garage again, and if we walk Avary might get poked by a cactus. As he watched his excuses go down in flames he teared up and said he just will miss me so much he just can't stand it. What am I to say to that! That was a good one!

Poor Kaden

My poor little Kaden. He has been mumbling the last couple of days and then whining when I can't understand him. This has been frustating so I end up telling him to go to his room if he can't talk like a big boy, oopen your mouth and enunciate(that spelling looks wrong to me, but everything looks wrong at this point)! Like I said, this has been going on for days so finally at the last fit I said" What is Wrong with You"! So he says "my ear hurts". Well why did he not tell me this days ago! I felt so bad I told him he didn't have to talk at all anymore. Apparently that meant he could cry instead. His jaw was swollen so he couldn't open his mouth hardly at all, hence the mumbling. We tested and he can't hear anything out of his right ear. I am just going to go ahead and blame all of the ignoring that has been going on on the fact that he is deaf in one ear. Why not, I'm just going to go ahead and throw in all of the fits and misbehaving too. The poor little guy has been suffering in silence all this time, well except when he was throwing fits and misbehaving, but definitely when he was ignoring. He cried all night and couldn't sleep even with medicine. I took him to the Dr. this morning and she said he has a very severe ear infection. She kept on saying how bad it was and that it looked really gross and how it's got to hurt really bad. Just to add to my guilt I'm sure. He didn't want to talk much because he had been crying so much, but when she was leaving he stopped her and said that he thinks there are gold fish swimming in his tummy. What is she supposed to do about that?
We went to eat lunch with Grandpa and the second he saw him Kaden said that he was all better and he jumped up to run, he stopped and said, well maybe not all the way better. But he has been happier. So, I figure the next time one of my kids throws a fit or starts to cry I should either ask them if their ears hurt. That might confuse them enough to stop them in their tracks. Or the good old fashioned What is wrong with you. If I get a bunch of mumbling then I will know what to do. Oh yeah, Avary cried the whole way home 30+ min! because she wanted a big carrot! She must know that I carry big carrots in my bag at all times and she was highly offended that I wouldn't share.

Ramlings of the sleep deprived!

Just so you know, I am not pregnant and have zero plans on becoming pregnant EVER, I am just getting fat. You may not have noticed the ten pounds, or maybe you have, I certainly have and my wardrobe certainly has. It all started with one bag of bite-size snickers, because those are better, right? Just one bite and that's all you need. That's all I needed to want more, but then the bag was gone so I had to move on to twix. But it's ok because they were bite size. Yes, I said were. Now I'm on to snickers again, except for that brief week of symphony bar after Christmas. OK, it was more than one, but Ric ate half. And the kids always seem to find my stash so I never really know how much I actually ate. All I can really remember is the frustration when I find the empty bag and little wrappers all over the house. Did they really think they could get away with it? I have eyes in the back of my head.

Don't panic I have every intention of losing the weight. I have hit my personal maximum weight allowed without being pregnant or having had a baby in the last year. Sadly I gained this weight after Hazel turned one. I just want to make sure that it's out of my system so I don't feel deprived when I stop buying them. And you need to know that I have been putting spinach in almost everything I eat just to try and counter act the chocolate binge. That changes everything now that you know that doesn't it.

Did I mention that I have been up till 2:00 in the morning and getting up at 7:00am for the last three days. And I'm not just sleeping we are putting one of the kids back in their bed after almost being pushed out of mine. So, everything is kind of hazy and the light seems brighter than normal. Ahh, you say, here is the source of all this rambling! Well, what else can I do I'm too tired to clean and all the chocolate is making me lazy! And I must be ready at a moments notice when my little barking seal(Hazel has croup) calls for her willing servant, well sometimes not so willing. But today it is the perfect excuse for why I can do nothing else other than sit and stare and sometimes ramble on.

Why do I choose to ramble on my blog, you wonder? Well, because the children don't seem to be that interested in anything I have to say. But, I bet they like me better because I'm not making them do any chores and I just want to order pizza. And Of Course you can play video games today because you are so quiet and you are less likely to notice that I am doing absolutely nothing. I must have fooled Avary she must think I am doing something important because she wants me to get off the computer so she can play on it. She gets a blank stare, so now she is confused, maybe I'm not doing something important. So now she doesn't care and went to play with her toys. I should try that more often.

Oh, there is my Que, my little seal wants some milk. Milk is her favorite thing these days and she prefers it in a bottle. I can hear the SHOCK in your thoughts! A fifteen month old with a bottle! Just her milk she drinks her water from a sippy!
I know, what have I become? She still has a binky too!

Avary must have seen the look on my face and now she is convinced that it must be important so now she is back. onb,,,,,,,,,,nnnnn ,nnnnnnnvvvvvvvmmmmm,gggcyo;utrjsssssssss'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''sssssssssss
Do you see what can happen in the two seconds it takes to hand a little seal her bottle. I'm a little scared to turn around and see what has been going on two feet away from me.

Ric's been growing his hair out.

I Love this picture of Hailey-doesn't she look so sweet and innocent.

Christmas 2008

It's getting more and more difficult to get a picture of them all looking in the same direction smiling. And smiling their natural smiles and not their fake cheesy ones.